SemiAccurate gets some GTX480 scores

[Domestic_Ginger]

They are a hoax apparently. SAbrePC is meant to be a bit shady and very new.
Funny reviews though.

[cptwhite_uk]

TBH it makes perfect sense that the performance is lacklusture. Given the delayed timescale of Fermi, I suspect they've been trying to give it some headroom above the 5870 so it at least has an excuse for being late. To be honest it's going to be a power hogging, brute force method, high cost underperformer given the current signals, IMO of course.

Bad news for us, as it means the 5870 and 5850 prices are likely to hold. Poor show

[DanceswithUnix]

They are a hoax apparently. SAbrePC is meant to be a bit shady and very new.
Funny reviews though.

Those reviews are excellent!

Example below:


Pros: Packaging was pretty nice. Came with a free copy of Metro 2033 and Bioshock 2.

Cons: I came home 2 days after installing into my computer, and found my wife packing her bags, saying she was moving out and taking the GTX480 with her. She said it pleases her in more ways than I would ever know. She packed her bags and took the kids.

Other Thoughts: The house is empty.

[MadduckUK]

Those reviews are excellent!

Example below:


Pros: Packaging was pretty nice. Came with a free copy of Metro 2033 and Bioshock 2.

Cons: I came home 2 days after installing into my computer, and found my wife packing her bags, saying she was moving out and taking the GTX480 with her. She said it pleases her in more ways than I would ever know. She packed her bags and took the kids.

Other Thoughts: The house is empty.

they seem to be deleting the reviews type faster ppl!

[Phage]

Gave up waiting for Fermi. Ordered the 5870.

[MadduckUK]

Gave up waiting for Fermi. Ordered the 5870.

one of the Amazon ones?

[Phage]

Missed those by a couple of days.
Ordered the slightly OC XFX from Scan.

[Domestic_Ginger]

Article on GURU3D. Partners have been sent a 470 apparently. CBA to find the linky again.

They mention something about mid to low end parts being lower binned parts.

Okay I found it. Full of conjecture though. And a little swipe at SA too.

[MadduckUK]

Article on GURU3D. Partners have been sent a 470 apparently. CBA to find the linky again.

They mention something about mid to low end parts being lower binned parts.

Okay I found it. Full of conjecture though. And a little swipe at SA too.

now i have only been able to skip through it because im busy, but he is agreeing with charlie yet making it sound like he is spreading doom and gloom?

edit: in a paragraph - below par product creates "a rather negative stigma for NVIDIA", Guru3D feel inclined to write an article they don't write and cannot fault any of Charlies sources in the process of writing said article that they don't write.

[GheeTsar]

Article on GURU3D. Partners have been sent a 470 apparently. CBA to find the linky again.

They mention something about mid to low end parts being lower binned parts.

Okay I found it. Full of conjecture though. And a little swipe at SA too.

Thanks for the link. A pretty poor article IMHO; poor english, rubbishing SA without any supporting evidence or qualification and a few mixed messages.

[scaryjim]

... rubbishing SA without any supporting evidence or qualification ...

It doesn't even do that. It basically has a pop in the first paragraph, then goes on to tell exactly the same story as the SemiAccurate article - nvidia are late, running on revision A3 of the chip, and are clocking the samples lower than expected. It just says all that, then says they don't think it'll really matter. It's a very long way from journalism,and frankly it barely touches opinionated. It's pretty much filler: it's like someone's suddenly thought "everyone else is writing an article about Fermi, so we better get something out too"...

The only new thing in there is that quote from Jen-Hsun Huang claiming that nvidia will get it's act together some time between May and August this year and will have Fermi-derived products at all price points. But if SA is to be believed those derived products a) aren't even in initial manufacture yet, so I doubt they'd hit mass market within 6 months, and b) will likely be troubled by the same transistor problems as the top-end chips, which will make them slow and low yield (i.e. expensive).

[shaithis]

TBH, I am doubting nVidia will have anything worth purchasing until some time next year. They need to go back to the drawing board....

[Hicks12]

Isnt that what got them in this mess in the first place?

Going to the drawing board and starting from scratch brought the development of fermi, its already seems like it wont deliver .

[DanceswithUnix]

It doesn't even do that. It basically has a pop in the first paragraph, then goes on to tell exactly the same story as the SemiAccurate article - nvidia are late, running on revision A3 of the chip, and are clocking the samples lower than expected. It just says all that, then says they don't think it'll really matter. It's a very long way from journalism,and frankly it barely touches opinionated. It's pretty much filler: it's like someone's suddenly thought "everyone else is writing an article about Fermi, so we better get something out too"...

The only new thing in there is that quote from Jen-Hsun Huang claiming that nvidia will get it's act together some time between May and August this year and will have Fermi-derived products at all price points. But if SA is to be believed those derived products a) aren't even in initial manufacture yet, so I doubt they'd hit mass market within 6 months, and b) will likely be troubled by the same transistor problems as the top-end chips, which will make them slow and low yield (i.e. expensive).

ATI have told the world that TSMC have via and transistor problems, so they must be pretty sure Nvidia already know all that else they would have kept their mouth shut.

It also sounds like the derived chips were waiting to learn from their big Fermi brother, so there is no need for them to be hot and riddled with duff vias.

So if Jen Hsun says May to August, then September it is.

They only have to show wood screws in May

[DanceswithUnix]

they seem to be deleting the reviews type faster ppl!

The reviews are still there, though the interface sucks beyond belief. I clicked on the "see all reviews" button and set to 9 reviews per page. To see more reviews I manually change the page number in the box and hit submit.

There seems to be a new one there that made me giggle:


Pros: This card is so amazing I built a Time Machine and came back from 100 years in the future to tell you guys that we're still using it!

Cons: And Still waiting for full DX-11 support.

Other Thoughts:

[GheeTsar]

Launch date now confirmed : 26th March @ 6pm in Boston @ PAX 2010